5 Written Questions

1. a governor of a province in ancient Persia
2. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia
3. an ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid
4. a high government official in ancient Egypt or in Muslim countries
5. located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform

5 Matching Questions

1. Dynasty
2. Upper Egypt
3. Lower Egypt
4. Monarchy
5. Monotheistic

1. a rule by a king or queen
2. b believing that there is only one god
3. c the Nile Delta region in the northern section of Africa
4. d the land upstream, to the south
5. e a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. an administrative organization with officials and regular procedures
   1. Cuneiform
   2. Ziggurat
   3. Bureaucracy
   4. Theocracy
2. nomadic people from Asia who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between 1650 and 1550 B.C
   1. Hyksos
   2. Darius
   3. Cyrus
   4. Dynasty
3. an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia by the Sumerians
   1. Cuneiform
   2. Sumerians
   3. Empire
   4. Monarchy
4. the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization
   1. Sumerians
   2. Immortals
   3. Assyrians
   4. Persians
5. early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with Aten, the sun god.
   1. Zoroaster
   2. Dynasty
   3. Pharaoh
   4. Akhenaten

5 True/False Questions

1. Assyrians → "Semitic people" north of the Sumerian city-states

   True        False

2. Tigris River → A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent; parallel to the Euphrates River

   True        False

3. Nile River → A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent; parallel to the Euphrates River

   True        False

4. Ramses II → Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia

   True        False

5. Israelites → semitic-speaking people that influenced other religions with theirs of Judaism

   True        False